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CHORUS FROM THE ŒDIPUS COLONEUS.
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For the all-seeing care of JoveForbids that sacred stem to die,And fair Athenè from aboveBends o'er its growth her azure eye.
Glorious city, shrine of power,Shrine of freedom in the land,Deities upon thee showerChoicest gifts with lavish hand.Gallant steeds of purest strainAre thy fertile valleys' boast;Friendly is the deep-blue main,Laving round thy favour'd coast.Son of Saturn, Neptune, King,'Tis from thee these blessings spring;Thou first upon this grassy meadGav'st dominion o'er the steed:Thou gav'st the skill to stem the tideAll whiten'd by the dashing oar,While, swiftly as the Nereids glide,The galley bounds mid ocean's roar.
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